What are the responsibilities and job description for the Interim Director of Research Computing position at DP Professionals (DPP)?
DPP is seeking an Interim Director of Research Computing for our client in Columbia, SC.
Work Location: Hybrid in Columbia, SC; 3 days/week onsite
Duration: 6 months
Terms: W2 Contract
Candidate Location: Must be a SC, NC, GA resident or willing to relocate to SC prior to starting the role
Position Summary:
- Stabilizing departmental operations while maintaining continuity of critical IT services and customer engagement.
- Conducting an inventory of current research technology infrastructure, services, operational procedures, active/anticipated projects, and budget needs/requests.
- Establishing or aligning operational procedures with divisional standards and practices for customer engagement, including leveraging the service desk ticketing system for managing support requests, client communications, task/project tracking, reporting analytics.
- Establishing governance, communication, and decision-making processes that support long-term success.
- Documenting organizational recommendations, strategic priorities, lifecycle budgets, professional development needs, and transition plans for the incoming permanent Director.
- Recruiting, mentoring, and preparing team members where appropriate to support long-term organizational success.
- Success will be measured by demonstrable improvements in organizational culture, employee accountability, operational performance, customer satisfaction, governance maturity, and departmental readiness for permanent executive leadership.
- Provide leadership for all departmental operations, research technology infrastructure, and related services.
- Supervise managers, professionals, and student staff.
- Establish performance expectations and monitor organizational outcomes.
- Make timely operational and resource allocation decisions.
- Lead organizational change initiatives and culture transformation efforts.
- Evaluate organizational effectiveness and recommend structural improvements.
- Develop and monitor departmental priorities and performance metrics in collaboration with executive leadership.
- Coordinate departmental budgets and strategic resource allocation in collaboration with executive leadership.
- Ensure compliance with university policies, security standards, audit requirements, and regulatory obligations.
- Remove organizational obstacles that inhibit productivity, innovation, and collaboration.
- Provide executive-level reports and recommendations to executive leadership.
- Develop succession planning and transition documentation for permanent leadership.
- 8 years of experience leading organizational transformation, change management, and service delivery optimization.
- 8 years of experience leading large, complex technology projects.
- 8 years of experience with personnel management, coaching, and performance accountability.
- Requires a completed bachelor's degree.
- Experience with research cyberinfrastructure, high-performance computing, high-speed storage and networking technologies.
- Experience implementing governance and operational maturity frameworks.
- Experience managing organizational changes in higher education.
- Master’s degree in science, technology, or a related field.
- ITIL experience.
- Familiar with Cloud Infrastructure (AWS/Azure).
- AI Inftrastructure (AWS/Azure/Google) experience.
- Background as a Carpentries Instructor.
- Training in HPC Technologies (Slurm, Infiniband).
Interested? Learn more:
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DP Professionals (DPP) offers a range of compensation and benefits packages to our employees and their eligible dependents. DPP is a certified Woman-owned Small Business Enterprise (WBE and WOSB) with more than 25 years in the staffing industry. EOE/AA/V/D